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In an article written for The Wall Street Journal, author Irving Wladawsky-Berger, covers the recently published report, “The Work Ahead—Machines, Skills, and U.S. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century.” Wladawsky-Berger focuses… Continue reading "Growing demand for employees with good problem-solving, communication skills: report"
Gene-editing technology is not a new development. We’ve been using a number of different methods for decades, with applications ranging from genetic therapy, to conservation, to agriculture. However, scientists are now able to… Continue reading "The Future of DNA: CRISPR"
Earlier this year, we discussed whether robots were better at reading than humans. In that blog post, we learned that, according to Bar Ilan University lecturer Yoav Goldberg, it is mistaken… Continue reading "Can a Robot Pass a University Entrance Exam?"
It appears another big Silicon Valley company has plans to open an artificial intelligence (AI) lab in Canada. In a recent job posting on LinkedIn, Adobe is looking for candidates… Continue reading "Adobe to potentially open artificial intelligence lab in Canada"
Steven Nadler is a philosophy professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a publishing history that reflects his interest in the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza. Nadler’s son, Ben, is a comic… Continue reading "Summer Book Recommendation: Heretics! The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy"
In a recently published article for The Atlantic, author Alia Wong covers what she terms “Harvard’s Impossible Personality Test.” Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), an organization that represents Asian-American students… Continue reading "Student group suing Harvard for discrimination against Asian-American applicants"
Plot is often predictable. There’s the hunky-dory Good Guy enjoying the bliss of his Goodness until (gasp) a Conflict arises, which must be resolved lest The Girl gets away, the… Continue reading "Intersections: Deus ex Machina"
Don’t we already have a good measure of intelligence by which to test artificial intelligence (AI) systems—IQ? The short answer is: no. The longer answer comprises two reasons, as posed… Continue reading "Why IQ is Irrelevant for AI"
One of the top research universities in the U.S. has joined a growing number of schools that no longer requires SAT or ACT scores from U.S. students. The University of… Continue reading "University of Chicago drops SAT/ACT requirement"
If there’s one thing I wish I had known how to do before I started university, it is how to critically read a scientific article. I am by no means… Continue reading "How to Read a Scientific Paper"
